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I am not a layout guru, but my first question is how much do you want to change? Do you love the function of your layout today? Or are you planning to keep this layout to keep the cost down?

Have you seen the Rustoleum Cabinet transformations stuff? I have not used it, but it has been used on oak cabinets before.

The only advice I can give is that painting cabinets requires really good quality paint and good technique. Cabinets take a lot of use (abuse?) and a paint made for walls is not likely to hold up as well as an enamel paint or other formulation made for furniture. A friend did this (paint, granite, new hardware, marble backsplash) and the results were GORGEOUS.

I just did our 1984 kitchen and posted pics on the thread below.

Here is a link that might be useful: our update...

I did something very similar with my last house. I had arched uppers but left them and had a few cut for glass. They are on this link (which has some other painted cabinets);

I'd strongly suggest having them professionally sprayed.

Here is a link that might be useful: painted cabinet thread.

I agree if you are going white go professionally sprayed.

However, you might consider a dark inky stain that would
work with the rich texture of the wood.

Here is a photo of my old oak bathroom turned into a new space.

And then of course here are some other beauties that
might inspire you.
~boxer

thanks everyone... what abiout keeping my trimwork oak and having the white cabinets...I posted a link for the pictures above!

If you look at the link I posted you'll see my window trim remained stained. You can't see the other trim in the pics but it was stained.

If you look tat the pics in my link, my cabinets are white with white moulding but the trim in my home and all windows mullions remains a walnut color. In our kids bathroom, we put in white moulding and crown moulding, but the walnut window trim and walnut mullions remain.